Bangkok vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangkok	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$941	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2857	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$416	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1154	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$753	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	46
😀 Quality of life	74	55
🏙️ Population	5.68M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 31% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5822nd and 6811th ($941 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangkok compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 1221st and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangkok vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Bangkok	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.91	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1879	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5781	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.8	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.46	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.38	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$579	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13301	$4568

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557